The New York Yankees‘ 2009 World Series championship season was a thing of beauty, nearly from beginning to end (well, from around mid-May to the finish line).
We wouldn’t change a thing about it.
But the seasons that followed? As the Yankees stare down the barrel of a 12-year gap between titles, those years could stand to change a bit, especially the 2010-2012 seasons where the team was still extremely close to glory.
Likely the biggest sliding doors moment of the non-dynasty came in 2010, when New York almost pulled the trigger on a season-saving move at the trade deadline, only to see the shoe end up on their opponent’s foot instead.